COQUETTE-continued. See how the world its veterans rewards! Pope, M. E. 2. With every pleasing, every prudent part, She Ibid. There affectation, with a sickly mien, Bright as the sun her eyes the gazers strike, Pope, Ra. of L. Nymph of the mincing mouth, and languid eye, And lisping tongue so soft, and head awry, And flutt'ring heart, of leaves of aspen made. Peter Pindar. Now Laura moves along the joyous crowd, To some she whispers, others speaks aloud; To some she curtsies, and to some she dips. Byron, Beppo. Would you teach her to love? For a time seem to rove; At first she may frown in a pet; She shortly will smile, And then you may win your coquette. "No," "Yes," and keeps you on and offing And won't say begins to blow; wreck'd with an inward scoffing: This works a world of sentimental woe, Byron. And sends new Werters yearly to their coffin. Ib. D. J. 111. 63. Still panting o'er a crowd to reign, breast, To make ten frigid coxcombs vain, Than one true manly lover blest. Thomas Moore. 96 COQUETTE-CORRUPTION. COQUETTE-continued. Can I again that look recall, That once could make me die for thee P No, no! the eye that beams on all, She, who only finds her self-esteem Thomas Moore, Joanna Baillie. Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Beaumont and Fletcher, Honest Men's Fortune. He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses The tempted with dishonour foul, suppos'd Not incorruptible of faith, not proof Against temptation. The veriest hermit in the nation Milton, P. L. ix. 296. Pope. May yield, God knows, to strong temptation. Pope. At length corruption, like a general flood, This mournful truth is every where confess'd, Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd: Churchill, Ros. But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold. Ib. London. Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes. Dr. Johnson, Vanity of Human Wishes. Tis hence you lord it o'er your servile senates ; Within the warmth of favour. H. Brooke, Gustavus Vasa. CORRUPTION-COUNSEL. CORRUPTION-continued. Thieves at home must hang; but he that puts 97 Into his over-gorged and bloated purse Whoso seeks an audit here Peter Pindar. Propitious, pays his tribute, game or fishes, And conscience, truth, and honesty are made Thomas Moore. When rogues like these, the patriot (sparrow) cries, To honours and employments rise, From such preferment is disgrace. COTTAGE HOMES. thousands o'er the silvery brooks, And there, unenvied, rural dainties taste. COTTLE. forth they peep, 0 Amos Cottle! Phœbus! what a name! Gay, pt. 2, Fab. 2. Pope. Mrs. Hemans. Byron, Engl. Bards and Scotch Rev. 1. 399. COUNSEL see Advice. Which fall pinto mine I pray thee, cease thy counsel, As water in a sieve. ears as profitless Sh. M. Ado, v. 1. You'll find it wholesome. Bosom up my counsel, Sh. Hen. VIII. 1. 1. H COUNSEL-COUNTRY LIFE. 98 COUNSEL-continued. He cast O'er erring deeds and thoughts a heav'nly hue Of words, like sunbeams, dazzling as they pass'd. Byron, C.H. COUNTENANCE-see Face. A countenance more Sh. Ham. 1. 2. In sorrow than in anger. COUNTRY-see Home. A wilderness of sweets; for Nature here Wanton'd as in her prime, and play'd at will God made the country, and man made the town; Cowper, Task, 1. 749. Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years. Cowper, Task, 1.177. He who loves not his country can love nothing. Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene, Byron. Dryden. And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene, No splendid poverty, no smiling care, No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur there. Young, L. of F. Nature I'll court in her sequester'd haunts, By mountain, meadow, streamlet, grove, or cell; And health, and peace, and contemplation dwell. Smollet, Ode to Independence. How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle, and who justly in return Delightful industry enjoyed at home, And Nature in her cultivated trim, Dressed to his taste, inviting him abroad. Cowper, T. III, 352. COUNTRY LIFE-COURAGE. COUNTRY LIFE-continued. They love the country, and none else, who seek Delights which who would leave, that has a heart Susceptible of pity, or a mind 99 Cultured and capable of sober thought? Cowper, Task, III. 320. Your love in a cottage is hungry, Your vine is a nest for flies- COURAGE-see Activity, Daring, Fortitude, Valour. By how much unexpected, by so much What man dare, I dare. Willis. Sh. Mach. 1. 7. Sh. K. John, II. 1. Approach thou like the rugged Russian bear, You must not think, Sh. Macb. 111. 4. That we are made of stuff so flat and dull, And think it pastime. Idare do all that may become a man: Who dares do more is none. I do know him valiant, And, touch'd with choler, hot as gunpowder, And quickly will return an injury. It is held That valour is the chiefest virtue, and Be singly counterpois'd. world He's suffer Sh. Ham. IV. 7. Sh. Macb. 1. 7. Sh. Hen. V. IV. 7. Sh. Coriol. 11. 2. The truly valiant, that care wisely sud make his wrongs His worst that man ar them like his raiment, carelessly; To bring it into danger. Sh. Timon, III. 5. H2 |